The show also featured a wing with dozens of books and ephemera by poets and writers (Joe Brainard, Kamau Brathwaite, William Burroughs, Anne Carson, Joseph Cornell, Johanna Drucker, Karen Green, Robert Grenier, Lyn Hejinian, Susan Howe, Richard Kraft, Paul Metcalf, Tom Phillips, Ezra Pound, George Quasha, Jed Rasula, John Riddell, Robert Seydel, David Shields, Keith Waldrop, Hannah Weiner). A section on sound collage explaining the history of musical remixing, sampling, and mashups was also featured, curated by Ryan Hewitt Owens; it featured work by John Oswald, DJ Shadow, RJD2, Danger Mouse, J. Dilla, and others.

Thanks to the Department of Art and Design for inviting me to curate this show (Paul Fabozzi and Parvez Mohsin especially), and to Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Richard Meier, and Davis and Lansdale Gallery for loaning work. The lovely exhibition card (above) designed by St. John's student Cory Bennet.